second life

Second Life is a three dimensional virtual world in which users control avatars that can socialize, collect items, share and learn, market products, and communicate with each other in a fantastical number of ways. Second Life is a product of Linden Lab which was founded in 1999 to be "a free online virtual world imagined and created by its Residents." There's no specific goal to playing Second Life, which allows participants to enter the virtual world with their own individualized goals and agenda. In that sense, Second Life can best be thought of as a social MMO (massively multiplayer online game).

Second Life has developed such an advanced virtual society that it has its own economic system, run on a currency called Linden Dollars. The demand for virtual services and goods within Second Life is such that people are willing to use real world money to purchase Linden Dollars.

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• FURmidable…

  
  Fashion Feed of SL — Authority: 172
  Skin: L.Fauna SnowFlake Pale 2 Shape: Dutch Touch River Hair: ::::Iren:::: Paris – Brown Jacket: Madsy Fur Gilet – Silver (without butterfly ) Dress: Elate! Tuli – Cream Tights: *Sheer* Leaves Black N°17 Belt: *CoCo* Gift Belt Shoes: RedGrave Moscow Boots ...
  4 hours ago

• how to | clear cache in Second Life®

  
  Ana Lutetia inSL — Authority: 465
  I’ve received this as a notecard in-world having Orange Planer as the creator. It’s a very helpful notecard since I’ve tried to explain a couple of time how to manually clear cache and it wasn’t clear to them. Maybe I wasn’t making myself clear enough. Anyway, if you do it right, you won’t damage your ...
  5 hours ago

• Some Ting Chinese

  
  Fashion Feed of SL — Authority: 172
  posted by Gidge Uriza I got the sweetest notecard a week ago, asking me if I minded if they sent over a couple of chinese costumes for me to look at and possibly blog. I said sure and made a note when they came over. I got a landmark – but no store name. However, I tried on this TING ensemble and thought it was ...
  6 hours ago

• Script Limits

  
  Shopping Cart Disco — Authority: 134
  Oh, seriously. Now that we’re getting script limitations (understandably) I think the next step for LL is to attempt the ever-horrific fashionista’s nightmare… inventory limiting. Posted by Babbage Linden this afternoon: Second Life is a rich and engaging interactive world due to scripts. Every time you ...
  7 hours ago

• Digital Entitlement: Our Right to Copy in Virtual Worlds

  
  Dusan Writer's Metaverse — Authority: 482
  The right to copy, back-up and move virtual goods from one platform to another is a philosophy that, well, confounds me, and I can’t help wondering whether the expression of virtual goods somehow has us believing that these really ARE a pair of jeans, or a house, or a car or whatever, that somehow we [...]
  8 hours ago

• Second Life Should NOT be banned in Aussie Land

  
  APLINK - itsReal — Authority: 119
  ‘Guy Behind the Avatar’ Ed Clarity (Dan Lee) speaks out, not feeling well, and says Second Life Should not be banned in Australia. Because its a stupid ban if it does.
  8 hours ago

• Street Style…

  
  Fashion Feed of SL — Authority: 172
  Skin: Uzuri Hair: ::69:: Peach – Charcoal Jacket: So Many Styles Sporty Jacket Brown ( Free Chimney Hunt ) Pants: ::Emjay:: Shredded Jeans – Faded Cap: TShirt Addict Visor Cap ( 1L$ ) Glasses: [SteinWerk] GT SunGlasses Shoes: *SOREAL* Superstars – White/Black ...
  12 hours ago

• LE.LOOK! Turns 1 And You Get The Present

  
  Fashion Feed of SL — Authority: 172
  LE.LOOK! really knows how to have a birthday. Starting today (Dec. 15th) as part of their celebrations they are giving away 2 entire Avatar sets – l’homme et la femme (male and female) – to their LE.LOOK! group members . The sets are the results of a combined team effort from 22 of the designers who ...
  12 hours ago

• Property, Second Life, backups and you

  
  Massively — Authority: 659
  When were logged into Second Life and discussing various products, items, goods and clothing, well often refer to owning something that weve purchased. Its a very natural sort of metaphor. Were not, however, under any actual illusion that we own the items in question. We read the Second Life Terms of ...
  13 hours ago

• Plastik

  
  Fashion Feed of SL — Authority: 172
  Hey lovelies! i’m sooooooooooo lazy these days, i always feel like not blogging anymore, but always change my mind! lol maybe i’m addicted! Anyways, i’m showing here some mixes w/the new [Plastik] stips dresses (the ‘japan’ pattern is my fave) and i hope you like them! ? skin: [LeLutka]-Eclat – ...
  13 hours ago

• ::DJ-126:: Fluffy

  
  Fashion Feed of SL — Authority: 172
  ?Skin: Baily_Mocha – UrchinSkin [ ATOMIC ] ?Hair: Sarana -  light browns [ TRUTH ] ?Dress: Fluffy Dress – Ruby [ ATOMIC ] ?Shirts: I’m A Little Bit Country – Nighttime [ Sand Shack Surf Co ] ?Leggings: Wool Panty Black [ Luck Inc ] ?Boots: Flat Ankle Boots (CHRISTMAS-GIFT) [ COCO ] ?Hat: The Homburg hat ...
  15 hours ago

• PVC Buckle Plaid Skirt

  
  Curious Kitties Update Blog — Authority: 124
  PVC Buckle Plaid Skirt　8 Types　1 Skirt L$175 Todays release are 8 new skirts! These new skirts are a remake of the popular 2006 “Flexi Plaid Buckle Skirt” =^.^= Everything, from the prims to textures are entirely remade, for a more modern sleek looking version! The PVC belt is emphasized a bit more then ...
  16 hours ago

• AZUL NEW ARRIVAL ~ Dietrich ~

  
  Fashion Feed of SL — Authority: 172
  AZUL NEW ARRIVAL ~ Dietrich ~ gown – AZUL – Dietrich – Garnet & Emerald Accessorys – U&R DOGS AZUL R-STYLE – Riorio Raymaker
  16 hours ago

• Virtual Beatles 3d Music Video: Day Tripper

  
  Second Life Update — Authority: 430
  Below is a short music video in Second Life featuring a virtual version of The Beatles. The recreation is pretty good. The band is performing Day Tripper on a 3d stage. The video is about 2 minutes long. Check it out below. Virtual Beatles 3d Music Video: Day Tripper Related Posts Second Life ...
  17 hours ago

• Day 15: Winter at Fruit Islands

  
  Who let the dorks out? — Authority: 114
  Visit this Winter Wonder Land and admire the castle – teleport to Fruit Islands here . Sorry for the short post, but unfortunately RL got extremely busy for us, with illnesses not making it better. So if there should be nothing coming up in the next few days, we apologise in advance!!
  21 hours ago

• Can you hear me now?

  
  Dedric Mauriac — Authority: 429
  I found a service called Odiogo that allows me to provide audio versions of my blog posts. Odiogo offers this as a free service. I’m trying it out for now. It inserts a brief intro at the beginning of each post before it reads the information. It is synthesized, so it sounds a bit computerized. Check out the ...
  22 hours ago

• Mix’n’Match Woman (37)

  
  Fashion Feed of SL — Authority: 172
  Hey friends, i wish you all a wonderful day*smile* Today i show you a combination of some group gifts and some older items! Cause, never forget your inventory stuff!*smile* (for a bigger view, just click the picture!) here are the credits: Skin : *Glance Skins – Adriana – Gold (50 L) item comes from ...
  23 hours ago

• Tiny Bird & REEK Do It Again

  
  Fashion Feed of SL — Authority: 172
  Tomorrow Riq Graves and Autumn Hykova , creators of REEK & Tiny Bird respectively, are releasing Merritt’s Hat for both guys and girls…. two really cute hair styles in all the fabulous Tiny Bird Colors .  I so love it when these two team up like they did on the Where the Wild Things ...
  1 day ago

• Winterfest snowball fights :-)

  
  ventriloquy — Authority: 130
  the schedule for the annual Lindens vs Residents snowball fights is out :-) there will be three sessions: - 28 December 12 pm to 5 pm (PST) / 28 December 8 pm to 29 December 1 am (GMT) / 29 December 4 am to 9 am (SGT); - 29 December 7 am to 12 pm (PST) / 29 December 3 pm to 8 pm (GMT) / 29 December 11 pm to 30 ...
  1 day ago

• I’ll Buy That For A Linden

  
  Fashion Feed of SL — Authority: 172
  This just in … a note from AtomicSparkle Skytower, creator of Atomic Bambi , informed me that she had joined with Exclusiva and Dryad Designs to create the Exclusiva + Partner X-Mas Promo Formal Avatar. This is a complete high quality avatar. And the avatar includes shape, skin, eye lashes, ...
  1 day ago

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